It is a nonsense to say that a country with
hundreds millions inhabitants gloriously obtains more medals than
a country few millions inhabitants! Here is a more rational ranking
(inhabitants per medal):

There is no guarantee on the above numbers; you should:
- see official results in your favourite newspaper or here: http://en.beijing2008.cn/
- see data on countries in your own atlas: they could be a little different
for several reasons (date of census; including or not other territories;
etc.).